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.\"     Title: DROP EVENT TRIGGER
.\"    Author: The PostgreSQL Global Development Group
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.\"      Date: 2021
.\"    Manual: PostgreSQL 13.3 Documentation
.\"    Source: PostgreSQL 13.3
.\"  Language: English
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.TH "DROP EVENT TRIGGER" "7" "2021" "PostgreSQL 13.3" "PostgreSQL 13.3 Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
DROP_EVENT_TRIGGER \- remove an event trigger
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.sp
.nf
DROP EVENT TRIGGER [ IF EXISTS ] \fIname\fR [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
.fi
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBDROP EVENT TRIGGER\fR
removes an existing event trigger\&. To execute this command, the current user must be the owner of the event trigger\&.
.SH "PARAMETERS"
.PP
IF EXISTS
.RS 4
Do not throw an error if the event trigger does not exist\&. A notice is issued in this case\&.
.RE
.PP
\fIname\fR
.RS 4
The name of the event trigger to remove\&.
.RE
.PP
CASCADE
.RS 4
Automatically drop objects that depend on the trigger, and in turn all objects that depend on those objects (see
Section\ \&5.14)\&.
.RE
.PP
RESTRICT
.RS 4
Refuse to drop the trigger if any objects depend on it\&. This is the default\&.
.RE
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.PP
Destroy the trigger
snitch:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
DROP EVENT TRIGGER snitch;
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.SH "COMPATIBILITY"
.PP
There is no
\fBDROP EVENT TRIGGER\fR
statement in the SQL standard\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
CREATE EVENT TRIGGER (\fBCREATE_EVENT_TRIGGER\fR(7)), ALTER EVENT TRIGGER (\fBALTER_EVENT_TRIGGER\fR(7))
